S N Talamh na Coille
Letterkenny · Roll number 17728V
- Catholic ethos
- Not DEIS
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- Pupils in 2025/26
- 467
- −9 on 2024/25
- Over 10 years
- −3%
- Down 15 from 482 in 2015/16
- Girls and boys
- 197 / 270
- 42% girls
Pupils since 1974
Total enrolment each school year
Shaded: the last 10 years, 2015/16 to 2025/26. 1983/84 is left out because its source file is incomplete, and no files exist for 1984/85 to 1992/93. Known data issues
Pupils by class
Published for each class from 2020/21.
This year, 2025/26
467 pupils across 8 classes
Every class, every year
Darker cells have more pupils. A group of pupils moves down one class and right one year.
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Infants | 48 | 57 | 42 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 53.2 |
| Senior Infants | 60 | 49 | 55 | 44 | 56 | 60 | 54.0 |
| 1st Class | 53 | 61 | 55 | 54 | 49 | 59 | 55.2 |
| 2nd Class | 55 | 52 | 64 | 51 | 54 | 58 | 55.7 |
| 3rd Class | 54 | 54 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 57 | 56.3 |
| 4th Class | 58 | 52 | 56 | 54 | 61 | 55 | 56.0 |
| 5th Class | 58 | 57 | 53 | 56 | 54 | 64 | 57.0 |
| 6th Class | 56 | 58 | 57 | 51 | 55 | 54 | 55.2 |
JI and SI are Junior and Senior Infants.
Started Junior Infants in 2024/25
56 in Junior Infants (2024/25), 60 in Senior Infants (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2024/25
- 60Senior Infants2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2023/24
56 in Junior Infants (2023/24), 59 in 1st Class (2025/26): 3 pupils more.
- 56Junior Infants2023/24
- 56Senior Infants2024/25
- 591st Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2022/23
42 in Junior Infants (2022/23), 58 in 2nd Class (2025/26): 16 pupils more.
- 42Junior Infants2022/23
- 44Senior Infants2023/24
- 491st Class2024/25
- 582nd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2021/22
57 in Junior Infants (2021/22), 57 in 3rd Class (2025/26): no change.
- 57Junior Infants2021/22
- 55Senior Infants2022/23
- 541st Class2023/24
- 542nd Class2024/25
- 573rd Class2025/26
Started Junior Infants in 2020/21
48 in Junior Infants (2020/21), 55 in 4th Class (2025/26): 7 pupils more.
- 48Junior Infants2020/21
- 49Senior Infants2021/22
- 551st Class2022/23
- 512nd Class2023/24
- 553rd Class2024/25
- 554th Class2025/26
In Senior Infants in 2020/21
60 in Senior Infants (2020/21), 64 in 5th Class (2025/26): 4 pupils more.
- 60Senior Infants2020/21
- 611st Class2021/22
- 642nd Class2022/23
- 643rd Class2023/24
- 614th Class2024/25
- 645th Class2025/26
In 1st Class in 2020/21
53 in 1st Class (2020/21), 54 in 6th Class (2025/26): 1 pupil more.
- 531st Class2020/21
- 522nd Class2021/22
- 543rd Class2022/23
- 544th Class2023/24
- 545th Class2024/25
- 546th Class2025/26
In 2nd Class in 2020/21
55 in 2nd Class (2020/21), 55 in 6th Class (2024/25): no change.
- 552nd Class2020/21
- 543rd Class2021/22
- 564th Class2022/23
- 565th Class2023/24
- 556th Class2024/25
In 3rd Class in 2020/21
54 in 3rd Class (2020/21), 51 in 6th Class (2023/24): 3 pupils fewer.
- 543rd Class2020/21
- 524th Class2021/22
- 535th Class2022/23
- 516th Class2023/24
In 4th Class in 2020/21
58 in 4th Class (2020/21), 57 in 6th Class (2022/23): 1 pupil fewer.
- 584th Class2020/21
- 575th Class2021/22
- 576th Class2022/23
In 5th Class in 2020/21
58 in 5th Class (2020/21), 58 in 6th Class (2021/22): no change.
- 585th Class2020/21
- 586th Class2021/22
Biggest one-year changes in a class
- +14Junior Infants in 2023/24 (42 to 56)
- −15Junior Infants in 2022/23 (57 to 42)
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
Why these won't match pupils by class
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to. So these figures won't match the pupils-by-class figures exactly.
In 2025/26. Choose a figure to chart it.
Class sizes over time
Average class size, 2006/07 to 2025/26
Teachers
Who teaches at S N Talamh na Coille, 2006/07 to 2025/26.
How we count teachers
Class teachers come from the Department of Education's class sizes: one for each mainstream class. Special education and special class teachers are the posts the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) allocates. We add a principal who doesn't teach a class where the Department's rules give the school one. These are posts, not people: part of a post can be a teacher shared with another school. Up to 2015/16 the Department counted every teacher itself. Known data issues
In 2025/26
35.7teaching posts
Our estimate: about 36 teachers.
- Class teachersOne for each of the 19 mainstream classes 19
- PrincipalRuns the school and doesn't teach a class 1
- Deputy principalDoesn't teach a class either, as larger schools and those with five or more special classes have one 1
- Special education teachers217.5 hours of support teaching a week 8.7
- Special class teachersFor 3 autism classes, 2 speech and language classes and an early intervention class 6
21.49 special needs assistants (SNAs) also work with pupils. 38 pupils are in special classes, which the class sizes leave out.
The NCSE has allocated 8.6 special education teachers, 6 special class teachers and 21.49 SNAs for next year.
Teachers since 2006/07
Teachers each school year, by role
To 2015/16: the Department of Education's count of every teacher. From 2019/20: our estimate, from class sizes and the NCSE's allocations. Dashed boxes: no special education figures were published for those years, so only class teachers and the principal are shown. Known data issues
Sources: Department of Education class sizes and teacher counts; NCSE school allocations and special classes (CC BY 4.0).
Nearby schools
The 6 primary schools closest to S N Talamh na Coille, measured in a straight line. Pupil numbers are for 2025/26.
| Number on map | School | Distance | Pupils | Since 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N Talamh na CoilleThis school | – | 467 |
−3.1%
|
|
| 1 | Cashelshanaghan N S2.6 km · Letterkenny · Presbyterian | 2.6 km | 28 |
−17.6%
|
| 2 | Letterkenny Educate Together NS2.8 km · Letterkenny · Multi-denominational · DEIS | 2.8 km | 420 |
+84.2%
|
| 3 | S N Baile Raighin3.8 km · Letterkenny · Church of Ireland | 3.8 km | 215 |
−3.2%
|
| 4 | Scoil Naomh Fiachra4.0 km · Letterkenny | 4.0 km | 519 |
+0.8%
|
| 5 | Scoil Naomh Proinnseas4.2 km · Manorcunningham · DEIS | 4.2 km | 119 |
−2.5%
|
| 6 | S N Muire gan Smal5.1 km · Letterkenny | 5.1 km | 480 |
+8.1%
|
About this school
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Contact
- Principal
- Patricia Slevin
- Phone
- 0749124498
- [email protected]
- Address
- Rough Park, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 FF84
School
- Ethos
- Catholic
- Patron
- Bishop of Raphoe
- School type
- Ordinary with Special Classes
- School level
- All Through
- DEIS
- Not DEIS
Language and area
- Irish classification
- No subjects through Irish
- Gaeltacht
- Non-Gaeltacht
- Island
- Not on an island
- Local authority
- Donegal County Council
- Planning area
- Letterkenny
Each detail is the latest one the Department of Education has recorded for this school. If a detail was left blank in 2025/26, we show it from an earlier year, so some details may be older than the pupil numbers. Known data issues
Data by year
42 school years from 1974/75 to 2025/26. Class figures start in 2020/21.
| Year | Total | Girls | Boys | JI | SI | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 467 | 197 | 270 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 64 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 476 | 201 | 275 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 61 | 54 | 55 |
| 2023/24 | 468 | 203 | 265 | 56 | 44 | 54 | 51 | 64 | 54 | 56 | 51 |
| 2022/23 | 474 | 206 | 268 | 42 | 55 | 55 | 64 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 57 |
| 2021/22 | 478 | 208 | 270 | 57 | 49 | 61 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 58 |
| 2020/21 | 480 | 212 | 268 | 48 | 60 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 56 |
| 2019/20 | 477 | 207 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2018/19 | 490 | 220 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017/18 | 487 | 226 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016/17 | 489 | 228 | 261 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015/16 | 482 | 227 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014/15 | 483 | 228 | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013/14 | 490 | 230 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012/13 | 478 | 218 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011/12 | 476 | 217 | 259 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010/11 | 484 | 226 | 258 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009/10 | 470 | 213 | 257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008/09 | 470 | 208 | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007/08 | 469 | 199 | 270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006/07 | 479 | 204 | 275 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005/06 | 473 | 200 | 273 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004/05 | 476 | 216 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003/04 | 477 | 209 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002/03 | 486 | 218 | 268 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001/02 | 487 | 220 | 267 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000/01 | 479 | 219 | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999/00 | 466 | 214 | 252 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998/99 | 428 | 197 | 231 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1997/98 | 392 | 186 | 206 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1996/97 | 352 | 150 | 202 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995/96 | 354 | 155 | 199 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994/95 | 302 | 133 | 169 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993/94 | 282 | 121 | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1982/83 | 119 | 55 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981/82 | 103 | 48 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1980/81 | 99 | 48 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979/80 | 91 | 43 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978/79 | 83 | 33 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1977/78 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1976/77 | 74 | 31 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975/76 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974/75 | 67 | 32 | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |